B4275 crash in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 4 July 2012 at 20:13 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf at 20:13 on Wednesday 4 July 2012. A 14-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2012
- Wednesday, 20:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66134, longitude -3.35178, in the CF45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abercynon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF45 4SF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012621200512
- Council area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4275
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 March 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 11 March 1981
10 m awayRef 1981620B01580
Slight
Car crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 26 October 1985
10 m awayRef 1985620B20320
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 23 August 1992
10 m awayRef 1992620A02410
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 18 December 2021
19 m awayRef 2021622200023
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 December 2001
20 m awayRef 2001620051312
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4275 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 March 2014
23 m awayRef 2014621400483
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2012621200512 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rhondda Cynon Taf road accident statistics for 2012.